Finance Assistant Children`s Commissioning (Fixed Term Contract)
In this vital role, you will have the unique opportunity toblend your financial acumen with a passion for social impact, ensuring that every decision and investmentmade supports the wellbeing and development of children in our community. Be part of a mission-driven organisation where your work not only drives economic efficiency but alsomakes a lasting difference in young lives.
This is a hybrid role, so you will be based mostly at home, but will need to be able to travel to our offices on Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon as required. For an informal chat about the role, please contact Childrens Commissioning Finance Manager, Manju Mathew.Contact email: manju.mathew@cambridgeshire.gov.uk. Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our benefits We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
What will you be doing? You will provide effective and accurate payment of c£39 million of Childrens Commissioning transactions,ensuring that Providers are accurately paid and agencies invoiced. You will assist with the monitoring of budgets inaccordance with Council financial processes, systems and instructions and complete regular integrity checks to ensurethat all payments made are correct.For more information, please see attached Job description and person specification. About you You will be a highly motivated, proactive, organised and innovative finance professional with a proven track record ofdelivery. You will have a proven background infinance work, having worked with finance systems and maintainedaccurate financial records.
You willhave previous knowledge ofpayment systems, particularlyERP and CONTROCC. Good IT skills, especially inMicrosoft Excel are essential, as is good interpersonal and customer care skills and the ability to proactively lead,manageandresolve provider queries regarding payments.
You will also possess the ability to maintain good working relationships with colleagues, other teams, and partners. About us Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do. We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities.If you dont meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please dont be put off.
We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered.
We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.
We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs.
Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers